Nouryon announced today that it has signed a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Convergent Energy and Power to supply 2-megawatt (MW) of solar power to Nouryon’s manufacturing site in Morris, IL, US. The onsite solar field is expected to be operational in the second half of 2024.

We have signed a 10-year agreement with Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group. Under the long-term agreement, Nouryon will provide Metsä Fibre with sodium chlorate for its new bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland.

A 15-year agreement with Suzano, a world leading eucalyptus pulp producer. Under the long-term agreement, Nouryon will commission its sustainable Integrated Manufacturing Model for the new Suzano eucalyptus pulp mill in the municipality of Ribas do Rio Pardo, located in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Nouryon announced a long-term agreement with NRG Energy, Inc. brand Direct Energy to support 100% of the electricity needs from renewable sources for the Company’s manufacturing sites in La Porte, Fort Worth, and Houston, through the purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs) derived from wind farms throughout Texas, US, helping to reduce carbon emissions. The delivery term will begin the end of December 2024.

Nouryon's Asa site, Japan, recognized for proactive approach to reducing carbon dioxide

In a significant stride towards enhancing scientific research and education as a part of corporate social responsibility initiative, Nouryon India has played an instrumental role in building advanced research facilities at the Institute of Chemical Technology's... [-Mar 2025]

Starting production in the new manufacturing facility located at site in Ningbo, China to meet increasing demand in the Asia region for polymers used in the Packaging, Paints and Coatings and Construction end-markets.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has started production of a new version of its dibenzoyl peroxide (BPO), Perkadox GB-50, at Los Reyes, Mexico. It is the first dry BPO on the market that does not use the desensitizing agent dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP), which the European Union recently reclassified as a category 1B Reproductive Toxin.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will start construction in May on a project to further increase capacity for chloromethanes at its site in Frankfurt, Germany, supporting growing global customer demand. The expansion is expected to be completed in 2020.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has started production of Butanox, one of its methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) product lines, at its site in Pasadena, Texas, providing a local supply source and enabling a better service for customers in the North American market.

Nouryon has selected Green Bay, Wisconsin, US as the location for a new facility to produce its Expancel expandable microspheres. The expansion project, which was announced last year, strengthens the company’s position in expandable microspheres, which are used to make customers’ end products lighter and reduce costs.

Nouryon joins hands with the Mahad Manufacturers Association to improve public health in India.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has licensed its state-of-the-art carbon disulfide (CS2) manufacturing technology to a leading viscose fibers manufacturer in Indonesia, enabling the manufacturer to raise output of its plant on the island of Sumatra.

Nouryon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ADOB Fertilizers, a leading supplier of chelated micronutrients, foliars and other specialty fertilizers. The acquisition will enable Nouryon to expand its product portfolio and broaden its offerings for customers in the crop nutrition market.